I’m sure many of you have heard that phrase come up in conversation when talking about the fate of the world. It happened to me the other day – a friend and I were talking about pollution, and cleaning up the continent of garbage floating in the Pacific ocean, and he said: “Why do you care? You didn’t make the mess; let someone else clean it up.”
Normally, I’m so flabbergasted by apathy and “doublethink” like this that I can rarely form any kind of rebuke, however that day was a blessed day, and inspiration struck me on the spot. I opened my mouth and said: “If you were a firefighter, would you walk up to a burning building and say; ‘Fuck it. I didn’t start this fire; let someone else put it out.’?”
So I just wanted to share that small win with you all. Thanks.
~ SW